Halston Taylor’s tenure at MIT began in 1982, as an
assistant with the men’s track and field squad. Taylor would
take over as the head coach of the men in 1990 and has served as
Director of MIT’s Track and Field programs for the past five
seasons. He is beginning his sixth year at the helm of the women's
program. He has solidified MIT’s position as one of the most
dominant track and field programs in the region, as he totaled his
12th NEWMAC Coach of the Year citation this past season. Both teams
earned New England Division III titles in recent years, as the
women’s last regional crown came at the 2011 outdoor
championship and the men won this year’s outdoor meet. His
teams have combined to win 18 NEWMAC Championships, including 13 of
the league’s 14 men’s crowns.

The indoor and outdoor teams regularly qualify individuals for the
NCAA Championships, and under Taylor’s guidance, MIT has
elicited 188 All-Americans and 13 national champions, including a
pair in 2010. Both teams had tremendous showings at the 2010 NCAA
Outdoor Championships, as the women finished third and the men
placed fourth in the nation. Taylor has collected accolades from
the USTFCCCA in each of the past four years, having been named the
New England Women’s Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011 while
receiving the same honor on the men’s side in 2010 and
2012.

Before arriving at MIT, Taylor coached the women’s track
club at South Carolina and was the boy’s track coach at both
Granby and Mohawk Regional high schools in Massachusetts.

A native of Columbia, S.C., Taylor is a graduate of the University
of South Carolina where he was a four-year letter winner and a
4:05-miler. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Physical
Education, Taylor entered UMass-Amherst to study and receive his
Masters in Exercise Science.